Milly was admitted to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1998. She is the Head of Employment and partner of Litigation, Disputes Resolution & Arbitration of Messrs. Hastings & Co. She has over 20 year’s experience to advise on litigatious matters both in civil and criminal cases to the local government, foreign and PRC corporate entities or individuals, specialized in the practices of employment and commercial fraud, aviation and transport, insurance and personal injuries in Hong Kong.
Milly has expertized to advise several local airlines in aviation matters and PRC or local insurance companies in Hong Kong insurance matters. She is one of the co-author to the Hong Kong Chapter in Aviation Law Review (2017) and the main author of Hong Kong Chapter in ICLG’s the International Comparative Legal Guide – International Arbitration 2022.
Milly has frequently handled contentious or non-contentious employment matters with various quasi-governmental bodies and financial institutions in Hong Kong. With her previous working experiences in the government, she has assisted her clients to settle or claim back those financial losses, both in civil and criminal, as a result of the cybercrime and money laundering in relation to Hong Kong jurisdiction.
Milly has been appointed as the Chairman of Appeal Tribunals (Building Ordinance), Adjudicator to the Registration of Persons Tribunal and the member of Transport Tribunal, and currently serves as the member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Professional Qualifications:
• Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong – 1998
• Civil Celebrant of Marriages – 2007
• Member of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators – 2021
• WIA of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) – 2021
• Member of Hong Kong Insurance Law Association (AIDA) – 2021
Education:
• University of Hong Kong (LL.B., 1994)
• University of Hong Kong (PCLL, 1995)
Language:
English, Cantonese and Mandarin
Judicial Appointment / Government Appointment:
• Member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
• Former Member of the Transport Tribunal
• Former Chairman of Appeal Tribunals (Building Ordinance)
• Former Adjudicator to the Registration of Persons Tribunal
Publication:
• The Aviation Law Review (Fifth Edition) for Hong Kong Chapter Year of publication – 2017
• The International Comparative Legal Guide – International Arbitration 2022 (Hong Kong Chapter)
(https://iclg.com/practice-areas/international-arbitration-laws-and-regulations/hong-kong)
Seminar/Talks:
• Main Speaker to In-House Lawyers Training Programme organized by the Law Society of Hong Kong in “Litigation in Cybercrime”
